Tony Mechelynck wrote: > On 14/02/09 14:28, Spencer Collyer wrote: > >> On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:35:10 +0100, Tony Mechelynck wrote: >> >>> (I don't know how Vim does it on VAX/VMS, which use EBCDIC >>> rather than ASCII -- EBCDIC originally went together with Hollerith >>> cards). >>> >> OT I know, but can I just point out that VAX/VMS uses ASCII, not >> EBCDIC. At least, none of the VAX/VMS systems (or predecessor PDP >> systems) I came across in 15-odd years of using them used EBCDIC :-) >> >> > > Maybe I had my wires crossed, but which are the EBCDIC systems on which > Vim can run then? >
EBCDIC is an old IBM character representation, akin to ASCII. So it probably is used on IBM mainframes. Regards, Chip Campbell --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
